2009 Swiss National Time Trial Champ Signs On

Atlanta –  Team Type 1 has announced the first of several new rider signings as it pursues a pro continental status for the 2011 season.

Erica Allar still in the Orange Jersey

Athens, GA - This weekend marks the first time the Women's USA CRITS Finals will be held in a city other than Sin City.  The 27th Annual Chris Thater Memorial will serve as the grand finale for the women's Series on August 28.  The women's event will be centerstage on Saturday, with a host of other races and festivities leading up to the last race of the day - the Women's USA CRITS Finals.

Viva la Vuelta! Take a look at the first nine stages leading up to the first rest day in this year's course.

The Stages

Break out the tapas and sangria!  Its time for the final grand tour of the year --  La Vuelta a Espana.  It’s the “Platinum Edition” of the Vuelta, with the first race held 75 years ago.  Because of war and other circumstances, this will be the 65th actual running of the race.  Running counter clock-wise starting in Seville, the route will finish in Madrid as usual.  Several strong contenders will vie for the brand new leader’s jersey.   After years of the traditional Golden jersey, the organizers have opted for a red version to commemorate the traditional Spanish national team colors.  

Generally regarded as a difficult overall course, this Vuelta spreads its variety of stages throughout, so riders will need to stay fresh all three weeks.  Eleven of the stages are listed as flat, while only 8 days are in the medium to high mountains.  Forty rated climbs await, with 3 Hors Categorie and 10 Category One climbs listed.  There are also 6 summit finishes to add to the excitement.  The two remaining stages are time trials, one individual and one team.

Bridging the Gap for August 16th-August 27th

-by Amy Bush

One of the best things about cycling is that there is always something going on somewhere in the world during any given week. In can be a road event or track or mountain biking or cyclo-cross but, no matter which it is, you can be guaranteed that there it is. The road season is still in full swing with the Vuelta, US Pro Championships and World to look forward to. In the meantime, let’s see what took place this past week.

First World Title for Host Nation Canada

The Canadian supporters were rewarded for their support when they saw their own athletes race to victory in the road race at the 2010 UCI Road Para-cycling World Championships in Baie-Comeau.

Will Not Ride in Season Ending Chris Thater Memorial

Northvale, NJ  (August 25, 2010) -- It’s nearly official:  Luis Amaran of the Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita is set to finish the 2010 road racing season as the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) champion.

Tony Martin Wins Final TT and Classification

HTC-Columbia's Tony Martin used his time trial strength to the confirm overall victory in the Eneco Tour on Tuesday  as he surged an emphatic win in the race's last individual time trial in Genk, Belgium.

Already the fastest at the time trial's intermediate checkpoint, Martin finally came close to averaging 50 kilometres an hour on the short but very technical course, which he completed with a time of 20 minutes and 24 seconds.